Summary: On today's special episode of Loud & Clear, host Brian Becker discusses the U.S. election primaries and the surge of Bernie Sanders in the polls less than one week before the Iowa Caucuses. On the right, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz continue to expand their lead. The Democratic and Republican party establishments' are scrambling.<br><br>Joining Becker for a round table discussion are Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, a civil rights attorney, constitutional law expert and political analyst; Jack Smith, editor of the Mid Hudson Valley Newsletter; and Eugene Puryear, activist and author. <br><br>Could Sanders, a self-proclaimed "democratic socialist", actually win the nomination? What accounts for Trump's success? Sanders has pushed the debate in the Democratic primaries to the left. Among the Republicans a growing chorus of denunciations against immigrants, Latinos and Muslims. Where is this deepening polarization going?
